Down in the Grosvenor in Swansea, where the former EPT and WPT Champion Roberto Romanello plays, they have a £100 buy-in Dealer's Choice Tournament on the menu.

It's also the place where you will find the biggest cash game in South Wales. Richard Harris plays in that game from time to time. Harris was the reluctant hero in October when he won the partypoker WPT500 in Dusk till Dawn (DTD) for £150,000.

1,616 players entered that event, including a boatload of people from South Wales. The WPT kept asking me to get Harris to do an interview, but it's not his scene.

Humble. Simple. Loveable.

Just knock (and bring cash).

Give Them a Nudge

There is always a game because the money gets passed about like an expensive game of pass the parcel. Over time, the fish run out of money and you end up with a few hardcore regs of equal capability, each shifting each other a few hundred a week.

Two other places to find a game of poker in South Wales are Les Croupiers, by Cardiff City Stadium, and Gala Casino in the city centre. I've played in Les Croupiers and it's ok; I haven't tried the action in the Gala Casino.

I believe the stakes are the lowest you will find in South Wales. But the most pure games in South Wales happen away from the casino.

They take place around kitchen tables in people's homes, or in the local pub, with money stashed under the table in case the local copper suddenly decides he wants to end his boredom for the night.

I have seen these games split up marriages. I have seen them turn dark hair grey. But I have also seen then forge friendships of immense strength.

If you're ever in South Wales and see the lads playing a game of poker in the corner of a pub where the landlord is so skint they're using candles, give them a wink.

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